5 Dec 2018
Electric container barges to set sail
Dubbed the 'Tesla of the canals', the unmanned electric container barges will operate on Dutch and Belgian waterways.
4 Dec 2018
Low cost technology to print sensors enabling smart contact lenses
VSPARTICLE announced its low-cost technology to print nanostructured materials that will finally enable applications such as smart contact lenses to succeed. The nanotech company has developed an additive manufacturing technology that can be used for numerous applications, such as producing real-time medical sensors (glucose sensing, bio-marker sensing, etc.), as well as, accurate gas sensors.
4 Dec 2018
Device provides cooling for off-grid locations
Researchers have devised a new way of providing cooling on a hot sunny day, using inexpensive materials and requiring no fossil fuel-generated power. The passive system, which could be used to supplement other cooling systems to preserve food and medications in hot, off-grid locations, is essentially a high-tech version of a parasol.
Event summary
4 Dec 2018
Report from the GIANT Health Event 2018
IDTechEx analysts Dr Luyun Jiang and Dr Nadia Tsao report on their findings form the event.
External press release
4 Dec 2018
Freer Logic demonstrates EEG technology
Dr Jacob Skinner has described Freer Logic's presentation at this November's Wearable USA show by IDTechEx as 'leagues above' anything he has ever seen. The two-day event, at which Dr Skinner gave a presentation called 'Making Wearables Truly Compelling', aimed to showcase the best in emerging tech and was attended by large corporates and disruptive startups.
4 Dec 2018
Plan for world's first electric vehicle only island
Waiheke Island in Auckland, New Zealand, has launched a plan to become the world's first electric vehicle-only residential island by 2030.
Youtube interview
4 Dec 2018
Pocket-sized AsReader Barcode Scanner and GUN-Type RFID Reader
At the 2018 IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara, AsReader, Inc. showcases a variety of hardware consisting of RFID Reader/Writers, 1D and 2D Barcode Scanners and an all-new medical grade battery/wireless charging-sled with case.
4 Dec 2018
Sustainable farming robots with AI
Small Robot Company aims to make farms more profitable, and increase yield and efficiency, through using small robots instead of tractors. Its arable farming robots Tom, Dick and Harry will enable farmers to be kinder to soil, kinder to the environment, more efficient, more precise and more productive. It will also reduce chemical usage and cultivation energy in arable farming by up to 95%.
4 Dec 2018
A new CO2 - negative energy source as an alternative to coal and oil
Using an existing, operational plant in Austria, NextFuel is introducing a completely new solution to climate change that is CO2 negative, cheap and massively scalable. The NextFuel briquette, made from fast growing elephant grass on marginal land, favorably competes with the rising cost of oil and the price of coal in most markets.
3 Dec 2018
Flexible electronic skin aids human-machine interactions
Human skin contains sensitive nerve cells that detect pressure, temperature and other sensations that allow tactile interactions with the environment. To help robots and prosthetic devices attain these abilities, scientists are trying to develop electronic skins.
3 Dec 2018
New record for organic solar cells
Materials scientists have achieved a new record in the performance of organic non-fullerene based single-junction solar cells. Using a series of complex optimisations, they achieved certified power conversion efficiency of 12.25 percent on a surface area measuring one square centimetre.
3 Dec 2018
EOS and Etihad Airways to expand industrial 3D printing
EOS and Etihad Airways Engineering have agreed a strategic partnership which will significantly expand local capabilities for industrial 3D printing in aviation.
3 Dec 2018
Electrical stimulation in the nose induces sense of smell
Physicians have, for the first time, induced a sense of smell in humans by using electrodes in the nose to stimulate nerves in the olfactory bulb, a structure in the brain where smell information from the nose is processed and sent to deeper regions of brain.
3 Dec 2018
Fiat Chrysler electric car manufacture in Italy
Fiat Chrysler Automobile's industrial plan for Italy includes the launch of 13 all-new or restyled models during the 2019-2021 period, and the development of new powertrain solutions with a significant focus on hybrid and electric technologies.
3 Dec 2018
The future of wearable technology? You're already wearing it
A new technology uses textiles as battery cells, which significantly improves the amount of energy that can be stored, meaning that the new battery could potentially power an object as energy intensive as a laptop or smartphone.The technology enables the use of smaller battery cells, allowing for larger capacities.
3 Dec 2018
AI to crack unloved murder cases
Some of history's most notorious unsolved murder crimes could be laid bare thanks to new forensic research.
30 Nov 2018
Cross-industry project to enhance sustainable cobalt mining
BMW Group, BASF SE, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics launch cross-industry project to enhance sustainable cobalt mining. As part of a cross-industry initiative, the companies have launched a joint cobalt pilot project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
30 Nov 2018
Breakthroughs in 3D printing Kapton, the ultimate polymer
Researchers have developed a new process to 3D print one of the most-desired materials in the electronics and aerospace industries.
30 Nov 2018
Lighter windmills thanks to superconductivity
It is a windmill on the Danish coast at Thyborøn that is the world's first: recently the conventional electrical generator, with permanent magnets, was replaced by one with superconductors. As a result, the weight and size of the new generator significantly reduced while at the same time, it is capable of delivering the same output power. Another advantage is the minimal use of rare earth metals.
30 Nov 2018
Wearable skin and sun safety sensor
L'Oréal announced that La Roche-Posay My Skin Track UV, a battery-free wearable electronic to measure UV exposure, is now available.